سسلي جزيرہ صقليہ
زیب تیرے خال سے رخسار دریا کو رہےتیری شمعوں سے تسلی بحر پیما کو رہے
English translation
May the ocean's cheek ever remain elegant with your mole! May your lights ever remain a comfort for the ocean sailor!
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
بحر پيما: سمندر ناپنے والا یعنی سمندر کا سفر کرنے والا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 of 17 in “سسلي جزيرہ صقليہ” (The Island Of Sicily) in the section Poems of Period 1905-08, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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